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utage
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 Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:02 am Post subject: what is this "what"? |
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Is "what" in the following sentence grammatically called "indirect question" or "relative pronoun"? and why?
I cannot guess what he was attempting.
I think both are OK.... |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:50 am Post subject: |
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I wouldn't call "what" an indirect question. The speaker is not expecting an answer. Maybe he is only responding to a question the other person asked.
I think "what" is a pronoun here. |
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Mary W. Ng
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| Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:40 am Post subject: Re: what is this "what"? |
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Is "what" in the following sentence grammatically called "indirect question" or "relative pronoun"? and why?
I cannot guess what he was attempting.
I think both are OK.... |
What can be an interrogative pronoun or a relative pronoun meaning `the thing that'.
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